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revision of spoken question and answer structures

QUESTION TAGS SHORT ANSWERS REPLY QUESTIONS
It is ..., isn't it? 'Areyou...?' 'No, I'm not.' 'I'm...' 'Areyou?'
lam ..., aren't 1? 'Has she...?' 'Yes, she has.' 'H e's...' 'Hashe?'
She h a s..., hasn't she? 'Do they...?' 'Yes, they do.' 'They lik e .. / 'Do they?'
They lik e ..., don't they? Are we... ?' 'No, we aren't.' 'W e 're ..! 'Are we?'
We a re n 't..., are we? 'He wasn't.. / 'No, he wasn't.' 'She w a sn 't..! 'Wasn't she?'
He d id n 't..., did he? 'She didn't...' 'Yes, she did.' 'H e d id n 't...' 'Didn'the?'

^ Circle the best expression.

► Jemima can't sing at all f a n she?/she can't.

1 'I'm worried about Peter.' 'You are?’/ 'A reyou?'/'A ren'tyou?1
2 ‘Joe d idn't phone yesterday.' / 'Joe phoned yesterday! 'Didn't he?'
3 Tm feeling ill.'/'I'm n o t feeling well.' 'Are you?'
4 'Does John need help?'/ 'John needs help.’ 'Does he?'
5 Do you rem em ber David, / You don't rem em ber David, do you?

6 'I've got a headache.' 'You haven't.'/'Y ou have.'/'H aveyou?’
7 They can stay with us, they c a n 't? /ca n 't they?/can they?

Q Read the conversation, and put in question tags (QT), short answers (SA) or
reply questions (RQ).

QT 'Hello, Carol. Lovely day, ► ...........

S A ' ► .. Y?f/. yP. } $ :........... H ow a re yo u ?'
'Well, I've got a problem.'

RQ ' ►.. .......What's the matter?'
QT 'You remember my brother's boyTheo, i

SA;QT '2 ...............................He went to Australia, 3
SA 'No, 4................................He went to Canada. Anyway, he's coming back to England.'
RQ '5 ............................... That's nice.'
'Well, yes, but he wants to stay with me.'
RQ 'Oh, 6.................................Is that the problem?'
SA '7 .............................I'm not very happy about it.'
RQ;QT '8...............................Why? You likeTheo, 9
SA 'io ................................-ve ry much.'

QT 'And you've got a lot of room in that big house, 11
SA '1 2 ................................But would you like to have a young man living in your house all the time?'
'No, I suppose not.'
'Well, I don't know what to do. I'm really very worried.'
RQ '1 3 ................................Would you like some advice?'
SA '14
'Tell him the truth. Say you like him a lot, but you don't want people in your house.'

QT 'I can't say that, is
SA 'i6 ...............................He'll understand. I'm sure of it.'
RQ '1 7 ...............................I don't know. Anyway, I'll think about it. Thanks.'

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